guard

And the Medanites sold him into Egypt vnto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaohs, and captaine of the guard.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Eunuch. But the word doeth signifie not only Eunuches, but also Chamberlaines, Courtiers, and Officers.

1611 marginal noteHeb. chiefe of the slaughter men, or executioners.

1611 marginal noteOr, chiefe Marshall.

¶ And Ioseph was brought downe to Egypt, and Potiphar an Officer of Pharaoh, captaine of y e guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him downe thither.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captaine of the guard, into the prison, the place where Ioseph was bound.

And the captaine of the guard charged Ioseph with them, and he serued them, and they continued a season in warde.

And there was there with vs a yong man an Hebrew, seruant to the captaine of the guard: and wee told him, and he interpreted to vs our dreames, to each man according to his dreame, he did interpret.

1611 marginal noteChap. 40.12. &c.

Hee was more honourable then the thirtie, but hee attained not to the first three: and Dauid set him ouer his guard.

1611 marginal noteOr, honourable among the thirtie.

1611 marginal noteOr, Councill: Heb. at his command

And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them vnto the hands of the chiefe of the guard, which kept the doore of the kings house.

1611 marginal noteHeb. runners.

And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them backe into the guard-chamber.

And it came to passe assoone as hee had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Iehu saide to the guard, and to the captaines, Goe in, and slay them, let none come foorth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword, and the guard, and the captaines cast them out, and went to the citie of the house of Baal.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the mouth.

¶ And the seuenth yeere Iehoiada sent and fet the rulers ouer hundreds, with the captains, and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a couenant with them, and tooke an othe of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the Kings sonne.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 23.1.